Riding Around Smoky Yellowstone National Park in 2021

August, 2021-

Mary, myself, Kurt & Sally stayed in the woods, 20 miles outside of West Yellowstone, for about a week.

This photo is where we made Base Camp (Glamping) for about a week...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/Base%20Camp%20Yellowstone.jpg[/img]

It was a 25 minute ride...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/11-riding%20w%20kurt.jpg[/img]

...to get to the city of West Yellowstone...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/12-yellowstone%20sign.jpg[/img]

...ride thru the tourist oriented downtown of West Yellowstone...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/13-passing%20thru%20town.jpg[/img]

...to get to the West Yellowstone Entrance to the National Park...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/14-checking%20in.jpg[/img]

...and finally get into this Amazing National Park.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/15-here%20we%20go.jpg[/img]

More in next post.

Kevin

No matter how many times we ride around Yellowstone...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/16-river%20riding.jpg[/img]

...there is always something new to see...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/17-bridge.jpg[/img]

...some different view... (Mary in the mirror)

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/18-mary%20in%20mirror%20river.jpg[/img]

...Always interesting...(a look back)

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10/19-looking%20back.jpg[/img]

...so many places where the earth is leaking out of its' shell...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/22-steam%20and%20people.jpg[/img]

...and always great riding roads.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/23-riding%20on.jpg[/img]

More in next post.

Kevin

Today, one of the things we're doing...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/24-downhill.jpg[/img]

...is heading over the Divide...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/25-cont%20divide.jpg[/img]

...to take a look at...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/26-views.jpg[/img]

...Yellowstone Lake...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10a/27-lake.jpg[/img]

...It is Massive...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/38-lake%20view.jpg[/img]

...It is 131 Square miles and almost 400 feet deep. We found a nice wooded spot next to it to stop for a snack and to look around.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/32-riding%20by%20lake.jpg[/img]

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Kevin

Couple of views...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/33-kurt%20and%20kevin.jpg[/img]

...from where we stopped...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/35-looking%20right.jpg[/img]

...yeah, it is crazy smoky in the park. Fires all over the place in the western US.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/34-looking%20left.jpg[/img]

Time to Roll...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/31-evergreen.jpg[/img]

...and see more of the park...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/39-yellowstone%20river.jpg[/img]

This buffalo was going down and snorting at cars, then going back up on the side, then back down, it appeared very pissed off. We watched it do this 3-4 times...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10b/40-buffalo.jpg[/img]

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Kevin

We did not want this guy coming down to us...Kurt was behind us.

So I rolled slowly by at an idle, thinking we had made it.* Right when we were beside him, he looked down at us, stared for a second...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/41-close%20up.jpg[/img]

...then took off after us.* Both myself and Kurt gassed it and got away unscathed.

This was the first time we have seen a bison be aggressive, in person, toward autos or bikes.**

(no, we did not get more pics or video....too busy getting away. lol )

We headed quite a few miles down the road before we pulled over for lunch...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/42-lunch.jpg[/img]

...at a nice spot right next to the river.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/44-rushing%20water.jpg[/img]

Leaving there we saw a more typical sight...us minding our business and the Bison minding his.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/9-buffalo.jpg[/img]

Can't remember the name of it...but this is a boiling pool of water, steam, Sulphur smell, hissing as it escapes the earth...all right on the side of the road.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/10-smoke.jpg[/img]

Photo of a field while riding by.**

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/6-wildlife.jpg[/img]

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Kevin

We wondered around the park some more...

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[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/45-ridingon.jpg[/img]

...it is quite large at 2,221,776 acres...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/46-river%20and%20ducks.jpg[/img]

...with 251 miles of road in it...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/47-winding%20river.jpg[/img]

...elevation varies between 5300 feet and 11,300 feet...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/48-field%20of%20buffalo.jpg[/img]

...pulled over to see a herd of Bison in a field.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/49-mary%20on%20trike.jpg[/img]

So many different landscapes, next stop is the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10c/50-canyon%20of%20ys.jpg[/img]

More in next post.

Kevin

I've already said it, Yellowstone does not get old. Mary and I with the waterfall in the Grand Canyon.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/53-kevin%20and%20mary%20waterfall.jpg[/img]

A little different view of same...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/52-rushing%20waterfall.jpg[/img]

...and another, from even further down the canyon.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/7-waterfall.jpg[/img]

A look of the canyon, downriver from the falls. The canyon is quite large at roughly 20 miles long, and varies from 1500 to 4000 wide.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/8-valley%20river.jpg[/img]

After a fun day of putting around the park, time to head back to camp.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/54-back%20on%20road.jpg[/img]

More in next post.

Kevin

Even though the max speed limit in the park is 45 MPH, there are a lot of fun roads, sometimes there is traffic, sometimes not.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/55-perspective.jpg[/img]

Getting close to the entrance/exit...

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/56-straight.jpg[/img]

Most of Yellowstone is in Wyoming, some of it is in Montana. The city of West Yellowstone is in Montana, we are camping west of there, right over the Montana/Idaho border.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/57-welcome%20to%20idaho.jpg[/img]

Back at camp, sunset thru the clouds and smoke.*

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/Sunset%20Day%201.jpg[/img]

Sneak peek at the sunrise the next morning. We are up early to ride Beartooth Pass, BOTH directions. It will be in a different post/thread.

[img]http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/image/Yellowstone_Day_2021/Next_10d/58-trike%20and%20sunset.jpg[/img]

The End.

Kevin

Thanks for sharing you and Mary's adventures! Beautiful country!

Looks like you had a very nice trip to Yellowstone. Been there once in the 90's. Tks for the pictures as they take me back..

Thank you picture road trip. I was there a few years back. :)

[QUOTE=ol' school;856669]Thanks for sharing you and Mary's adventures! Beautiful country![/QUOTE]

Thank you. Yes, it is an amazing place!

Kevin

[QUOTE=flyswatter;856725]Looks like you had a very nice trip to Yellowstone. Been there once in the 90's. Tks for the pictures as they take me back..[/QUOTE]

We did, it was a fun time, and we took it slower a few days than we had in the past.

Good to hear you enjoyed.

[QUOTE=ItBeMe;856777]Thank you picture road trip. I was there a few years back. :)[/QUOTE]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed.

Kevin